Mundine’s downfall begins on the Coast Hatton to use Coast

THE undefeated European champion who wants to end Anthony Mundine's controversial boxing career will base himself on the Sunshine Coast in the lead-up to their bout in Melbourne next month.

Belarusian Sergey Rabchenko, 28, and his promoter, former world champion Ricky Hatton, will use Darren Obah's Kunda Park gym as their training camp ahead of the showdown at Hisense Arena on November 12.

Maroochydore-based boxing manager Matt Clark, who arranged the Coast training camp, said Rabchenko had the punching power and boxing credentials to retire the 39-year-old two-time WBA super middleweight champion.

"Mundine has said that if he loses that'll be the end of him and I think Sergey's going to do it," Clark said.

"This guy's the real deal and a lot of people are going to realise that on November 12.

"The knock on Mundine has been that he has fought old opponents or ones who aren't up to the scratch, but that's definitely not the case in this fight, which is why I think he's in a lot of trouble."

Although he is largely unknown outside Europe, Rabchenko has amassed an impressive 25-0 record (18 by KO) and was flagged as a possible rebound opponent for Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez after his loss to Floyd Mayweather in September last year.

Beating Mundine would boost his profile and continue his progression to becoming a contender against the world's top light-middleweights.

In order to prepare for Mundine's unorthodox-style, Rabchenko will be joined by Brisbane-based former Olympian Cameron Hammond (10-0), a fighter Clark manages.

The Rabchenko camp will spar with another fighter from Clark's stable, Ireland-born Paddy Murphy, whose jab is similar to the former rugby league player's.

He arrives on Tuesday and Clark said several of the training sessions with Rabchenko would be open to the public.

"It's a chance to see the guy who's going to end Anthony Mundine's career," he said.

HATTON, who became one of boxing's biggest stars after defeating Kostya Tszyu for the IBF title in 2005, has been to the Sunshine Coast previously to help another one of Clark's fighters, Caloundra's Brad Hore, who is on the comeback trail.

The 36-year-old Englishman also promotes Hammond, Murphy and another of Clark's top talents, Victorian heavyweight Lucas Browne.

"We've got a good connection with Ricky here and it's a great place for these guys to train in the lead-up to the fight," Clark said.

"Hopefully, this is the start of something and if Ricky promotes more big fights in Australia, the Sunshine Coast becomes the base for his fighters.